Subsitute Ref When Partner Doesn't Show Up?

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

As RookieDude's apparent sarcasm notes, patches mean nothing. I'll bet I could go online and buy an Illinois patch right now if I wanted one. Here, it's IAABO patches, and they're always worn for varsity games. JV games, we wear them 99.9% of the time. Not sure on MS games.

I totally missed the sarcasm - I guess my reading comprehension needs some work, too.

But since they charge $5 per patch here, that should eliminate most of the people who want to mimic a high school official for the fun of it.